<div dir="ltr">An action to consider.<div><br></div><div>Dorothy Wilson</div><div>Communications Officer </div><div>Nith Valley EcoBoosters<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Citizens for Safe Ground Water <<a href="mailto:info@safeh2o.ca" target="_blank">info@safeh2o.ca</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>⚠️ URGENT - Help oppose the Hallman Pit in Wilmot</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">March 26, 2021 at 8:54:24 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Andrew H Wilson <<a href="mailto:andrewhwilson@yahoo.ca" target="_blank">andrewhwilson@yahoo.ca</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px"><table border="0" width="100%" height="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><table width="600" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:30px"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Calibri,sans-serif;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px"><div style="width:220px"><a href="http://www.safeh2o.ca/?e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wellingtonwaterwatchers/sites/14/meta_images/original/Citizens-for-safe-ground-water-logoFB.jpg" alt="Citizens for Safe Ground Water" border="0" width="220" height="auto" style="width:220px;height:auto"></a></div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.5em;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:30px;text-align:left"><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Andrew H</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span> </span>--<br><strong></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em;text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:400"><strong>Please<span> </span><a href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=2" style="color:rgb(20,136,185)" target="_blank">click here to send a letter to oppose the Hallman pit</a></strong></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em;text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:400"><strong><a href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=3" style="color:rgb(20,136,185)" target="_blank">before Monday March 29th</a>!</strong></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em;text-align:center"><span style="font-weight:400">It only takes a moment, and it makes a difference.</span></p><hr><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-weight:400">If you were not already aware, Rick Esbaugh is trying to get a new license for a gravel pit on a land currently used as prime farmland, which is also on a regional drinking water recharge area, hauling 750,000 tonnes annually on a township road, and backing onto the established community of Shingletown. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><strong>We fear this application could create<span> </span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline">devastating public health and safety</span>impacts</strong><strong><span> </span>with unidentified and misrepresented impacts* so close to a community’s<span> </span></strong><strong><em>air</em></strong><strong>,<span> </span></strong><strong><em>roads</em></strong><strong>,<span> </span></strong><strong><em>drinking water<span> </span></em></strong><strong>and<span> </span></strong><strong><em>sustainable food systems</em></strong><strong>.</strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-weight:400">There appears to be<span> </span></span><strong>no need</strong><span style="font-weight:400"><span> </span>for more pits in this area, with almost a full country block already licensed, and mostly unaccessed and unused, immediately south of the proposed Hallman pit.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-weight:400">Earlier in March Esbaugh sent the required<span> </span></span><strong>"20 day notice"</strong><span style="font-weight:400"><span> </span>letter (<a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/r?u=x7qo17qR1Kb0lLg85yQYfAbXTC6Z7wxyptuSZemzKnEhPrMEssT46vjywliW4odJHDePK5M0cyDfYIb4KzyXSotb5kJMvtys77UXK763xFToSDZYeaVP5mhuhYMsIJnotl_ug7ydhqZRRJwzbR2a7v1EqZkPtDn7Fugnt9PhCKU&e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=4" style="color:rgb(20,136,185)" target="_blank">click here to view PDF</a>). </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-weight:400">Each objector who does not respond to this letter will be</span><strong><span> </span>removed from the list of objectors. The number of objectors has an impact. </strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-weight:400">Rick Esbaugh has been able to use what could be called a 'loop hole' in the system to already remove the majority of objectors. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-weight:400">Make sure it is known that<span> </span></span><strong><em>you</em></strong><span style="font-weight:400"><span> </span>oppose the Hallman pit. </span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em;text-align:center"><strong>This is a vital step in opposing the Hallman pit.</strong></p><div style="margin-bottom:1em"> <br></div><div style="width:570px;text-align:center;font-family:inherit"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:initial;border-spacing:0px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;width:200px;background-color:rgb(242,146,12);border:1px solid rgb(255,255,255);border-top-left-radius:4px;border-top-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-right-radius:4px;border-bottom-left-radius:4px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;font-family:inherit;line-height:16px;padding:15px 30px"><a title="Click here to send a letter of opposition" rel="noopener" href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=5" style="color:rgb(20,136,185);display:block" target="_blank"></a><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=6" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1em" target="_blank">Click here to send a letter of opposition</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:1em"> <br></div><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-weight:400">Have your voice heard. Help protect our prime farmland, groundwater and our vibrant communities from the impacts of industrial aggregate extraction and operations. </span><a href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=7" style="color:rgb(20,136,185)" target="_blank"><em></em></a><span style="font-weight:400"><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="font-weight:400">Your action before the deadline of<span> </span></span><strong>March 29th<span> </span></strong><span style="font-weight:400">is important. </span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><strong>Please<span> </span><a href="https://www.safeh2o.ca/oppose-hallman-pit?e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=8" style="color:rgb(20,136,185)" target="_blank"><em>click here to send a letter to the province and local representatives</em></a>letting them know you oppose the Hallman pit. </strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="font-weight:400">Doug Ford once said, "</span><em><span style="font-weight:400">if the people don't want it... it will be stopped one way or another"</span></em></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>Have<span> </span></strong><strong>your say</strong><strong><span> </span>and<span> </span></strong><strong>SHARE</strong></span><strong><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span> </span>this with friends, family, colleagues and neighbours.</span><br></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em">You can view CSGW delegations to council on the Township's YouTube channel:</p><ul><li>March 1st (<a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/r?u=GQ96LxW7tJscudkL8mlwNzVEKXk7dMDJzwJlfbbiiRaxATRGnsz8QTrsQqZ_xs5z&e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=9" style="color:rgb(20,136,185)" target="_blank">click here to view</a>)<br><br></li><li>March 22nd (<a href="https://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/r?u=GQ96LxW7tJscudkL8mlwNzVEKXk7dMDJzwJlfbbiiRYFfrONHD1_o7ivQL7KahSC&e=92f39a89dc31016638f07686aa7c88a7&utm_source=wellingtonwaterwatchers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20_day_response_newm&n=10" style="color:rgb(20,136,185)" target="_blank">click here to view on YouTube</a>)<strong><em></em></strong></li></ul><div style="margin-bottom:1em"> <br></div><p style="margin-bottom:1em">Thank you so much for your assistance,</p><p style="margin-bottom:1em">Samantha Lernout</p><div style="margin-bottom:1em"> <br></div><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><em><span style="font-weight:400">*according to expert reviews of the applicants reports known to date<span> </span></span></em></p><p style="margin-bottom:1em"><img src="https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wellingtonwaterwatchers/mailings/749/attachments/original/our-wilmot-600px.jpg?1584189965" alt="" width="600" height="253" style="max-width:100%;display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"></p><div style="margin-bottom:1em"> <br></div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Calibri,sans-serif;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:30px"><p style="margin-bottom:1em;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px;line-height:1.5">Citizens for Safe Ground Water · Canada<span> </span><span> </span><br>This email was sent to<span> </span><a style="color:rgb(20,136,185)">andrewhwilson@yahoo.ca</a>. 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